Core Institute Readings

  • Naomi H. Bishop, Himalayan Herders. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1998.
  • Georges B.J. Dreyfus, The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist           Monk. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.
  • Robert E. Fisher, The Art of Tibet. London: Thames and Hudson, 1997.
  • Melvyn Goldstein, The Snow Lion and the Dragon. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
  • Melvyn Goldstein, et al. The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tserin. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1997.
  • Matthew T. Kapstein, The Tibetans. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006
  • Todd T. Lewis, Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal: Narratives and Rituals of Newar Buddhism Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000.
  • Patrul Rimpoche, Words of My Perfect Teacher. Walnut Creek: Altamira Press, 1998.
  • Kurtis Schaeffer, Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun. NY: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Gray Tuttle, Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.